Nick Cannon Came to ‘Real Husbands’ with List of Mariah Jokes

The chairman of Nickelodeon’s TeenNick also hosts NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” plus the syndicated radio show “Cannon’s Countdown.” He runs his own company N’Credible Entertainment, has a production deal with NBC and is the father of young twins with wife Mariah Carey.

Given his full plate, Kevin Hart was extremely happy when Cannon agreed to co-star in his reality TVsendup “Real Husbands of Hollywood” for BET.

“Nick Cannon coming on board was the best thing to happen to us because Nick was only supposed to do a couple,” said Hart. “But because Nick started to do the show and he saw what the show was and how excited we were, he got that much more excited on his half, and he brought things from his personal life to us.”

Surprisingly, Cannon did not come to the show with a long list of things about Mariah that were off limits.

“First of all, he wanted us to incorporate things about him and Mariah in the show because it’s things that people have said about him for so long,” said Hart. “So he said, you know what, if people are saying it, why not make fun of it and make it even more crazier than what it already is to him. So Nick came with a list of things to do, not “not to do,” which is why we welcome his involvement.”

Below, Kevin clears up confusion over how much of the show is scripted versus the amount that is improv.